# Sense + Bulb + Shortcut = Garage Door Warning

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**Category:** Tips & Tricks\
**Tags:** tips-and-tricks\
**Created:** [August 14, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/sense-bulb-shortcut-garage-door-warning/50352 "2019-08-14T17:13:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![bigbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bigbee](https://forums.wyze.com/u/bigbee)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 4:35am UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/sense-bulb-shortcut-garage-door-warning/50352/22 "2019-08-19T04:35:45Z")

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Here’s a post I wrote earlier that outlines one alternative.

> [@Garage door left open notification](https://forums.wyze.com/t/garage-door-left-open-notification/37016/4):
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> Your first option is to have a smart light that turns on when the door is open. This would be your indicator in the evening that the door has been left open. You could do this using a Wyze Bulb or Wyze Plug (coming soon) and the Wyze app, or a you could use a third-party smart bulb or plug that you trigger using IFTTT. For a more elegant solution, I recommend checking out this fantastic post that outlines how to use [apilio.io](http://apilio.io) to do something very similar: [Advanced IFTTT use without an engineeri…](https://forums.wyze.com/t/advanced-ifttt-use-without-an-engineering-degree-step-by-step-guide/38366)

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